Alive & Byte-ing

PT1
PT2
PT5
PT7
PT9
PT10
PT11
PT12
PT14
PT15
PT16
PT17


PT18


PT19
PT20

PT21

PT22



PTlin1
PTlin2
PTlin3
PTlin4
PTlin5
PTlin6
PT-Napoleon



"Retired Friends"
(now teaching)

Old PT1
Old PT2
Old PT3
Old PT4
PT6


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SPARCstation 5
U-SPARC 1
SPARCstation 5
Silicon Graphics Indigo
SPARCstation 4
SPARCstation 4
SPARCstation 4
U-SPARC 1
U-SPARC 1
U-SPARC 1
U-SPARC 1
U-SPARC 10
PT17 Monitor
PT17 CD drive
Ultra 30 Creator 3D
Ultra 30 Monitor
Ultra 30 CPU
Ultra 10 Elite 3D
Sun Ultra 5

Sun Ultra 5

Sun Ultra 10



2 x Intel 700 MHz
2 x Intel 700 MHz
1 x Intel 500 MHz
Intel 350 MHz
2 x Intel 1 GHz
1 x Intel 1.4 GHz
AMD 800 MHz






SPARCstation 1
SPARCstation 1
SPARCstation IPX
SPARCstation IPX
SPARCstation 5


Software Support
Computing Service 34695






Sun Help: 0870 600 3222


Learning FORTRAN
Learning C
Learning Perl


Minimum energy for
computation of 1 bit is:
E = kT ln(2)
(Landauer, 1961)
k = Boltzmann constant




Discs on Linux Network
/asterix (8 Gb)
/obelix (14 Gb)
/panoramix (17.5 Gb)

Restarting sequence: All peripherals, PT15, PT12, PT6, PT2, PT4, PT19, PT9, PT3, followed by all others.

Ensure each machine in the sequence has booted before starting the next one.

Certificate of SunSpectrum Maintenance (Contract No. GB10266/934)

# shutdown -i5 -g0 -y

To switch off a linux station:

if graphical login is on:

  1. press Ctrl+Alt+F1
  2. Ctrl+Shift+Del
  3. switch off when computer is rebooting (ie wait for all process to exit nicely)

otherwise start from step 2.